Shingle holder



Sept. I8, 1928; 1,684,479

C. R. ECKERT SHINGLE HOLDER Filed June 28. 1924 Fly 7 8 My W avweuto'zPatented Sept. 18, 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,684,479 PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE B. ECKERT, OF HIGHWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB TO THE BARRETTCOMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SHINGLE HOLDER.

Application filed June 28,

By this invention provision is made whereby the lower portions offlexible shingles are prevented from being turned or curled up or beingblown up by the wind after the shingles are installed upon a roof.

This invention is especially applicable to the type of shingles that ismanufactured from afelt base which is saturated with waterproofingmaterial such as coal tar,

coated with bituminous materials such as asphalt, and then has a layerof mineral material such as crushed Slate, applied thereto.

Individual shingles of square or diamond shape cut from material of thissort are sometimes installed with one corner extending downwardly, inwhich case it is often desirable to avoid the tendency for the exposedcorner to bend or be turned up.

The invention will be understood from the description in connection withthe accompanying drawings in which Fig. l is a perspective view device;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a shingle showing the device applied thereto;

' Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing how the slungles are installed on a roof;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified holder;

F'g. 6 is an edge view of the same; and Fig. 7 shows another slightlymodified form ap lied to a shingle.

n the drawings reference character 1 indicates the intermediate ormiddle portion of a wire preferably made of non-rusting metal such asMonel metal or aluminum. This wire is bent upwardly and around in twoplaces as shown at 2 and extends backwards a short distance as shown at3, parallel to the portion 1, it is turned again and extends parallel tothe middle portion, it is bent downwardly at 4 into a. plane slightlybelow the middle or intermediate portion and then extends 011twardly onboth sides as shown by the extending portions or prongs 5. In this wayspaces 6 are provided near each end of the intermediate portion of thewire in which spaces one corner of a shin 1e 8 can be inserted until theconverging ges of the shinlo contact with the portion 2 of the wire. Theportion 3 can then be bent or pressed downwardly into firm contact withone side of the shingle,rthe extreme ends of this portion bein bentdownwardly to a slight extent, if desire as shown at 9 so as topenetrate of the holding 1924. Serial No. 722.896

the surface of the shingle in order to more securely hold the device onthe shingle. The corners of the shingle beyond the place where v theholder is applied may be bent backwards as shown at 9 so as to lieagainst the under side of the shingle with the intermediate portion 1 ofthe wire lying between the shingle and the bent under flap or corner.

Instead of having the holder applied to the shingle as indicated in Fig.3 of the drawing, it may be so applied that the intermediate portion 1lies on the other side of the flap thus causing the holder to be clampedto the edges of the shingle and the intermediate portion of the holdercontactin with the lower side of the flap. Or the hol er may be slightlychanged in shape as shown in Fig. 7 and applied to the shingle so thatthe intermediate portion 1 thereof lies on the top side of the shingleand the portions 3 are clamped to the other side of the shingle.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 a strap of flat metal 10 hasstruck. up ton ues or prongs 11 whose outer ends may be bent downwardlyto a slight extent as shown at 12 so as to penetrate the surface of theshingle. The outer ends 13 of this metal strap 10 are bent downwardlyslightly so as to facilitate installation of the shingles on a roof. Thestrap 10 will be applied to shingles in a manner similar to that alreadydescribed in connection with the other modification.

The shingles with the holders applied thereto ma be installed upon aroof as indicated in Fig. 4 with the extending portions or ends of theholders on each shingle extending under the edges of adjacent shinglesin a lower row so that the exposed corners of the shin les are therebyrevented from being raised. t will be noted that the portions 4 of theholder lying along the edges of the shingle provide shoulders againstwhich the edges of adjacent shingles in a lower course contact therebyavoiding the danger of these edges coming into contact with and tearingthe ends of the bent rtion where the cornor is bent under. I desired,short notches or indentations may be provided in the edges of theshingles so that the portions 2 of the holder will seat therein or durinthe a. plication of the holder to the shing es the out over portion 3 mabe ressed so as to indent the edges of the s ing es slightly in order tofasten the holder more securely on the shingle. The portions 5 or 13)are bent down- 110 wardly into a lower plane so that these projectingends may be slipped under adjacent shingles in a lower course with ease.Instead of bending the corners under to form flaps as above described,these corners of the shingles may be cut oil and the material discardedor these corners can be permitted to remain in the same plane as theremainder of the shinle without bending the same back or cutting it oilas this will not interfere with the operation of the holder.

I claim:

1. A flexible shingle having a strip like holder of substantiallyuniform width attached to its edges near one corner of said shingle,said holder being provided with portions that extend across the edgeportions of said shingle and also being provided with outwardlyextending portions adapted to project under the edges of other shingles.

2. A flexible shingle havinga strip like holder of substantially uniformwidth at tached to its ed es near one corner of said shingle, said holer being provided with portions that extend across the edge portions ofsaid shingle and also being provided with outwardly extending portionsadapted to project under the edges of other shingles, said portions allbeing parallel and of approximatel the same thickness as the shingle.

3. X flexible shingle having a strip like holder attached to one cornerof said shingle, said holder comprising an intermediate portion lying onthe under side of the shingle, portions extending from the intermediateportion upwardly and inwardly across the upper side of the shingle andortions extending outwardly from the intermediate portion adapted toproject under the edges of subjacent shingles.

4. A flexible shingle having a strip like holder attached to one cornerof said shingle, said holder comprising an intermediate portion lying onthe under side of the shingle, portions extending from the ntermediateportion upwardly and inwardly across the upper side of the shingle andportions extending outwardly from the ends of the intermediate rtionadapted to project under the edges 0 subj acent shingles, said portionsall being parallel and of approximately the same thickness as theshingle.

5. A flexible shingle having a holder attached to its ed es near onecorner of said shingle, said holder being provided with portions thatextend across the edges of said shingle and also being provided withextend ing portions adapted to project under the edges of other shinles, the corner of said shingle beyond said older being bent under saidshingle.

6. A flexible shingle having a holder attached to its edges near onecorner of said shingle, said holder being provided with extendingportions adapted to project under the edges of other shingles, thecorner of said shingle beyond said holder being bent under said shingle,the portion of said holder between the points where it is attached tothe edges of said hingle lying substantially parallel to the bend of thebent under corner.

7 A stripdike holder for shingles comprising a straight intermediateortion, end portions extending outwardly rom the ends of saidintermediate portion, and inwardl extending clamping means near the ends0 said intermediate portion.

8. A holderfor shingles comprising a strip of metal from theintermediate portion of which have been struck out two inwardlyextending substantially parallel finger-like shingle clamping elements.

9. A holder for shingles comprising an intermediate portion from whichhave been struck out two inwardly extending substantially parallelfinger-like shingle clamping elements and from the ends of whichintermediate portion extend end portions which project under adjacentshingles when the shingle to which the holder is attached is laid upon aroof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my sigiature.

CLARENCE R. ECKERT.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. l, 684, 479,

Granted September [8, 1928, to

CLARENCE R. ECKERT.

t is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification ofthe above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: before theword "intermediate" insert the words ters Patent should be read withthis correction therein that th "ends of the"; and the said Letto therecord of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 23rd day of October. A. l). i928.

M. J. Moore, Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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e same may conform wardly into a lower plane so that these projectingends may be slipped under adjacent shingles in a lower course with ease.Instead of bending the corners under to form flaps as above described,these corners of the shingles may be cut oil and the material discardedor these corners can be permitted to remain in the same plane as theremainder of the shinle without bending the same back or cutting it oilas this will not interfere with the operation of the holder.

I claim:

1. A flexible shingle having a strip like holder of substantiallyuniform width attached to its edges near one corner of said shingle,said holder being provided with portions that extend across the edgeportions of said shingle and also being provided with outwardlyextending portions adapted to project under the edges of other shingles.

2. A flexible shingle havinga strip like holder of substantially uniformwidth at tached to its ed es near one corner of said shingle, said holer being provided with portions that extend across the edge portions ofsaid shingle and also being provided with outwardly extending portionsadapted to project under the edges of other shingles, said portions allbeing parallel and of approximatel the same thickness as the shingle.

3. X flexible shingle having a strip like holder attached to one cornerof said shingle, said holder comprising an intermediate portion lying onthe under side of the shingle, portions extending from the intermediateportion upwardly and inwardly across the upper side of the shingle andortions extending outwardly from the intermediate portion adapted toproject under the edges of subjacent shingles.

4. A flexible shingle having a strip like holder attached to one cornerof said shingle, said holder comprising an intermediate portion lying onthe under side of the shingle, portions extending from the ntermediateportion upwardly and inwardly across the upper side of the shingle andportions extending outwardly from the ends of the intermediate rtionadapted to project under the edges 0 subj acent shingles, said portionsall being parallel and of approximately the same thickness as theshingle.

5. A flexible shingle having a holder attached to its ed es near onecorner of said shingle, said holder being provided with portions thatextend across the edges of said shingle and also being provided withextend ing portions adapted to project under the edges of other shinles, the corner of said shingle beyond said older being bent under saidshingle.

6. A flexible shingle having a holder attached to its edges near onecorner of said shingle, said holder being provided with extendingportions adapted to project under the edges of other shingles, thecorner of said shingle beyond said holder being bent under said shingle,the portion of said holder between the points where it is attached tothe edges of said hingle lying substantially parallel to the bend of thebent under corner.

7 A stripdike holder for shingles comprising a straight intermediateortion, end portions extending outwardly rom the ends of saidintermediate portion, and inwardl extending clamping means near the ends0 said intermediate portion.

8. A holderfor shingles comprising a strip of metal from theintermediate portion of which have been struck out two inwardlyextending substantially parallel finger-like shingle clamping elements.

9. A holder for shingles comprising an intermediate portion from whichhave been struck out two inwardly extending substantially parallelfinger-like shingle clamping elements and from the ends of whichintermediate portion extend end portions which project under adjacentshingles when the shingle to which the holder is attached is laid upon aroof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my sigiature.

CLARENCE R. ECKERT.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. l, 684, 479,

Granted September [8, 1928, to

CLARENCE R. ECKERT.

t is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification ofthe above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: before theword "intermediate" insert the words ters Patent should be read withthis correction therein that th "ends of the"; and the said Letto therecord of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 23rd day of October. A. l). i928.

M. J. Moore, Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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